To go from the heights of ecstasy to the pits of dispair
far deeper than even Schindler's valley, and all in
24 hrs. The slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune
really seem to like the Amiga community, but when they
are fired from our own supposed masters, then it just
freaks me out.

The first good news in years from QNX, that they have had
40 ppl working on adding enhancements to their cutting edge
RTOS to make it more consumer friendly, that they will
launch a full featured developer support program, that they
want the community to come over and develop for it. Most
importantly, that they will have product to ship.

And then Amiga Inc pulls the rug out from under them. QNX will
no longer be the partner. Linux is a better alternative. Give me
a break. The community has spent the last 9 months tearing the QNX
site apart, gobbling up its data, demos, and manuals, learning all
about the company, characters, partners and projects. We like QNX.
It is very amiga like, very advanced. The company is friendly
and fun, and most of all they care about their community and their
technology.

And now Amiga Inc has shafted them.

Technically, they are just plain wrong. Morally, I find it repugnant
that they would do this, not just to another company, but to the
community. Leading us along for 2 years, telling us wonderful things as
no products were forthcoming, and then telling us we are going to
Linux.

What a farce.

Amiga Inc may have the name of our platform, but they do not have our
hearts or even our best interests at heart. We have always suspected they
wanted to dumbsize the Amiga, so that Ma and Pa kettle could buy beans over
their TV, but this is the final straw for me. I am signing up for the QNX
developer program, and I hope many others will as well.

We are a community, and as such we have some pride, and some value. Amiga Inc
had their chance with us and this announcement is the final straw. I see in QNX
maybe a new way forwards - a full featured, advanced OS that, whilst rough,
can grow to meet the community as the community grows to meet it.

In six months time, we could have community products, shareware, PD running
on our new boxes, stuff from World Foundry, Delsyd, Digital, Paul Nolan, Tornado,
Cloanto, Nova, A.C.T, and maybe even running on PPC boxes, if we could persuade
QNX to go that direction. Hell, we could be like a real platform again.

Sorry Jim, but that was your last shot. Hello Dan, tell us what you've got.